Michigan Technology related politics
LANSING - As Rep. Gary Glenn prepares to take over the Michigan House Energy Policy Committee, he is looking to better educate all members on the topic and move the state more toward choice in the market, whether that means total choice or incremental steps during the next two years. Glenn (R-Midland) has long been
LANSING - Gongwer News Service Thursday announced enhancements to its bill tracking services that give subscribers more control over the display of personal comments tied to legislation. The changes improve subscribers' ability to generate personalized bill status reports that can be shared with members, clients, colleagues and others. All bill tracking and reporting features are
LANSING - The Michigan Treasury website, after much tweaking for the past year, now offers Michigan businesses an easy option to pay taxes online with just a single log on and password, instead of multiple ones used in year’s past. Effective immediately, businesses can upload their W-2s and other wage statements, request fuel credit refunds
LANSING - Ronna Romney McDaniel, named by President-elect Donald Trump as his choice to become the Republican National Committee chair, was elected to that post Thursday in Washington, D.C. McDaniel was elected one day before Trump is sworn in as president. She succeeds Reince Priebus, who will become Trump's chief of staff. Addressing the Republican
MEXICO CITY – A threat by President-elect Donald Trump to put a 35 percent tariff on imported goods produced by U.S. companies in Mexico may already be slowing investment in Mexico’s booming auto industry, according to a Mexico City-based analyst. In addition to a 35 percent tariff, Trump has called for renegotiating NAFTA, the free-trade
LANSING - The funding is not yet in place to perform the work, but the state Capitol will need $62.29 million in repairs, mostly to its mechanical systems, to remain functioning, contractors told the Capitol Commission at its meeting Monday. The commission agreed to move ahead with designing the 45 separate projects that would make
LANSING - The Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday gathered to urge Congress to refrain from repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unless an alternative plan with the similar protections is established, Dr. Sharon Swindell, the president-elect of the Michigan chapter and a pediatrician in Ypsilanti, said 600,000 Michigan residents
LANSING - Former Michigan International Speedway CEO Roger Curtis, appointed to director of the Department of Talent and Economic Development in December, is still developing goals for the department, but hopes to blend a lot of focus on the educational system, he told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. Born in Indiana and spending
LANSING - The surprising announcement some two weeks ago that Consumers Energy would end an agreement to by electric power from the Palisades nuclear plan has led the Public Service Commission on Tuesday to call on the utility to provide additional information on its decision. In its call for more information, the PSC has also
LANSING - The Department of Technology, Management and Budget did not ensure that it had identified the state's most critical technology systems and, for those it had identified, it did not ensure that they could be restored within deadlines, a report released Thursday by Auditor General Doug Ringler said. The state designates certain systems as
